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World An illustration showing the layout of a modern glass cockpit, with advanced digital displays and the center pedestal located between the captain's and first officer's seats. The transponder used by pilots to enter the three-digit emergency codes 7700, 7600 and 7500 is located in this area. The codes are then displayed on air traffic controllers' radar screens. (Wikipedia)

What Does Activating the 7700, 7600 and 7500 Emergency Codes Mean in Aviation?

In aviation, flights operate according to carefully defined scenarios, but behind the apparent calm of the cockpit lies a coded digital language capable of…

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Arab World Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Morocco’s newly appointed head of government. (AFP)

Morocco’s King Names El Mansouri First Woman Head of Gov’t

King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, a leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), as Morocco’s head of government, making her…

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Features A photo shows late Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi with Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah (second from left) upon the latter's arrival in the capital Tripoli, a day after his definitive acquittal in the plane bombing case (Tripoli, February 1, 2001) (Getty Images)

Death of Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah: The Libyan Who Escaped the Noose of the Lockerbie Case

On August 25, 2026, in a quiet corner of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the life of Libyan citizen Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah came quietly to an end at the age of…

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Features Marwan Khreesat (Facebook)

Lockerbie Specter Returns in Netflix Drama: Who Was Bombmaker Marwan Khreesat?

In the shadow world of Palestinian factional operations and intelligence wars that defined the 1970s and 1980s, few names were as mysterious or controversial…

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Varieties A photo of Lebanese-American Khaled Nazir Jaafar and his memorial. (Lockerbie Legacy Foundation website)

Passenger 53 on Flight 103: The Lebanese-American Haunted by Lockerbie in Life and Death

On Dec. 21, 1988, Lebanese-American Khaled Nazir Jafaar boarded Pan Am Flight 103, traveling from Frankfurt to New York via London. He could not have known…

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